0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/17/2011
The days after a big boxing match are like a coastal town after a tropical storm, where there’s so much debris strewn about that it can take a long while to find everything worth finding and put it in its right place. (In this metaphor, nobody got hurt or ruined economically by the tropical storm. […]
0 comments by Alex McClintock on 11/16/2011
Of all the weeks leading up to New Year, this week has the weakest boxing schedule. So if you’re planning that winter vacation or have something you’ve been meaning to do on a Friday or Saturday night, do it now, for God’s sake! Because after this, there’s really no break. If you go out, you […]
0 comments by Jeff Pryor
The Counterpuncher. He’s not a front runner. He is patient. Watching, calculating. Defense first, elusive tack. He takes what you give him and turns it around. Catch the grenade and toss it back. Juan Manuel Marquez is certainly among the greatest counterpunchers in the history of the sport. He may even be the best. And […]
0 comments by Patrick Connor on 11/15/2011
Even if you’ve been a fight fan most of your life, and even if you try to educate yourself when it comes to guys far before your time that you’d never know or care about unless you were a fight fan, you’re bound to encounter a few great scraps that you didn’t know existed or […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Here and elsewhere, yesterday and today, some of the more fanatical fans of Manny Pacquaio are flooding the zone with the above video that allegedly shows what a big fat cheater Juan Manuel Marquez was this weekend by stepping on Pacquiao’s foot a whopping five times. With that “Walking Dead” theme music, I can only […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Overlooked in the aftermath of Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III and all the debates about whether the judges robbed Marquez and whether Pacquiao sucks now is that JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ GAVE AN INTERVIEW WHERE HE WORE A SOMBRERO OVER HIS NAKED JUNK. That is Mexican manliness personified. But there are serious things left to debate. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/13/2011
Tyson Fury had raised concern along with eyebrows all week. In a one-to-one with The Guardian’s Donald McRae, the young leviathan revealed compelling qualities left bruised by the self-destructive nature that threatens to overrun him. At Trafford Park, Manchester on Saturday, Fury mimed the interview for those members of his fanbase who aren’t quite as well read. One minute he was overcast, flat […]
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0 comments by Tim Starks
Manny Pacquiao defeated Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night, but less convincingly than in their second meeting and in a way that suggests that maybe, just maybe, the current pound-for-pound king Pacquiao isn’t the near-omnipotent phenom he was from late-2008 to mid-2011. The judges had it 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112 as a majority decision for Pacquiao, […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Running updates coming at you on the undercard results for Pacquiao vs. Marquez 3. Two decent bouts — Luis Cruz vs. Juan Carlos Burgos and Mike Alvarado vs. Breidis Prescott — and one ugly one — Timothy Bradley vs. Joel Casamayor — that could set up a future Pacquiao opponent, should Bradley come out ahead. […]
0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/12/2011
That picture was billed as a way for junior welterweight Joel Casamayor to deal with Timothy Bradley’s head butts, but pot and kettle and blackness and all that. It’ll also enhance Casa’s own head butts. I dunno, let’s let them wear the helmets tonight. It’s the only way that fight is remotely entertaining. (h/t friend […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
The junior lightweight division is rightly derided as one of the weakest in boxing. The prominence of Japanese fighters like Takashi Uchiyama and Takahiro Ao at the weight hasn’t helped stateside marketability either. But something interesting is happening at 130 lbs. A quick glance at the latest Ring ratings show three young, unbeaten Americans in […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
(Credit: Tom Casino, Showtime) ShoBox — Showtime’s program that places prospects in the toughest bouts of their careers — has built up enough goodwill over the years to excuse the occasional non-competitive fight, but they really should’ve known better than to put Frank LoPorto in against Austin Trout Friday, and both fore- and hindsight were […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
If you’re not into booze, boxing or objectifying women, then Fight Night at the Washington Hilton may not be your thing. But for this reformed frat boy it’s become an annual excuse to dust off the tux, break training and push the limits of professionalism while mingling with the fanciest fight crowd you’re likely to […]
0 comments by Tim Starks
Once upon a time, not too long ago, there was nothing more exciting in boxing than Manny Pacquiao. His fighting style, inspired equally by the Tasmanian Devil and Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, left observers in awe and eager to see more. Outside the ring, he starred in action movies like Wapakman and sang bad […]
